Audio settings

Listen to music the way it's meant to be heard by turning sound quality up, or save your data usage by turning it down.

On mobile, you can fine tune even further with the equalizer. And, if you have Premium, you choose whether or not to balance volume levels, and make them generally louder or quieter.

Pick a device below to adjust these settings.

Note: It’s not possible to adjust audio settings while Spotify Connect is active.

The desktop app’s standard quality is Ogg Vorbis 160kbit/s.

Premium subscribers can choose to switch on High quality streaming, which uses 320kbit/s:

Click the arrow in the top-right corner and select Settings.

Under Music Quality, switch High quality streaming (Premium only) on , or off .

Volume levels

For: Premium

Set the same volume level for all songs:

Click the arrow in the top-right corner and select Settings.

Under Music Quality, switch Normalize volume on , or off .

You can also adjust the normalized volume level for your environment. Next to Volume level, choose from these options:

Loud - Handy for when you’re in a noisy environment, or if you just like your music loud! You may notice less dynamics in the levels though.

Normal – This is the default setting.

Quiet - This is best for when you’re in a quieter environment. You’ll notice more dynamic levels.

The web player’s standard quality is AAC 128kbit/s, and 256kbit/s for Premium.

It's currently not possible to adjust audio settings on the web player. Download the app to get more features!

Audio Quality

Tap Home. Got Premium? Tap Your Library .

Tap Settings .

Tap Music Quality.

Select your preferred settings.

You can choose from the following audio quality settings, all in the Ogg Vorbis format:

Low – Equivalent to approximately 24kbit/s.

Normal – Equivalent to approximately 96kbit/s.

High – Equivalent to approximately 160kbit/s.

Very high – Equivalent to approximately 320kbit/s.

Automatic - Dependent on your network connection.

You can have different settings for listening online (Streaming quality) or offline (Download quality). The higher the Stream quality, the more data will be used. The higher the Download quality, the more disk space used.

Equalizer

Tap Home. Got Premium? Tap Your Library .

Tap Settings , then Playback.

Tap Equalizer, and switch it on .

Tap a preset, or customize by dragging the dots on the equalizer.

Volume levels

For: Premium

Set the same volume level for all songs:

Tap Home. Got Premium? Tap Your Library.

Tap Settings , then Playback.

Switch Enable Audio Normalization on , or off .

You can also adjust the normalized volume level for your environment. Next to Volume level, choose from these options:

Loud - Handy for when you’re in a noisy environment, or if you just like your music loud! You may notice less dynamics in the levels though.

Normal - This is the default setting.

Quiet - This is best for when you’re in a quieter environment. You’ll notice more dynamic levels.

Audio Quality

Tap Home. Got Premium? Tap Your Library .

Tap Settings .

Under Music Quality, select your preferred settings.

You can choose from the following audio quality settings:

Low - Equivalent to approximately 24 kbit/s (HE-AACv2 format).

Normal – Equivalent to approximately 96kbit/s (Ogg Vorbis format).

High – Equivalent to approximately 160kbit/s (Ogg Vorbis format).

Very high – Equivalent to approximately 320kbit/s (Ogg Vorbis format).

Automatic – Dependent on your network connection.

You can have different settings for listening online (Streaming quality) or offline (Download quality). The higher the Stream quality, the more data will be used. The higher the Download quality, the more disk space used.